HW-MN0805772 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805772 @150388
Nov 27 – Dec 29, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025
42 m
Deepest dive
1:48
Longest dive
65
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 32
- Deepest dive on record
- 42 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2025 | 29 m | — | 24 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 35 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 61 m | — | 42 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 36 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
42 m
Deepest dive
1:48
Longest dive
65
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
32
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (61 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 61 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.